Harvard is competitive. There are sixteen hundred students in your year, give or take, each of whom could potentially be a rival for a coveted internship, fellowship, or job. Every fall, the top five percent of students, based on last year’s GPA, are honored as John Harvard Scholars. Even the clubs are often either exclusive, […]
Victories for Harvard Athletics Both the men’s squash and men’s swimming & diving teams bring home championship titles By LIZZIE GUMMER College Squash Association National Collegiate Men’s Team Championships On the final day of the Potter Cup, the men’s squash National Championships, Samuel Scherl ‘21 and Adam Corcoran ‘21 kept the […]
The Independent recently had the chance to speak with lecturer Judd Cramer, who, alongside serving on the undergraduate advising team for the Economics department, currently teaches ECON 1042: Sports Economics. He shed light on the importance of sports economics, illuminating the opportunities it has in store for students and prospecting the future of the field. […]
New Heights Harvard Track & Field captain Erick Duffy comments on Armand Duplantis breaking pole vaulting record By LIZZIE GUMMER Armand Duplantis, more commonly known as Mondo, broke the world record in the pole vault not once, but twice, this past week. At just 20 years old, the young Swedish vaulter has plenty […]
Fresh Feet on the Field First-years drive the Crimson’s success during the women’s lacrosse season opener By LIZZIE GUMMER All facets of this Sunday afternoon came together in perfect harmony this weekend for the Harvard Women’s Lacrosse team to excel in their opening game against Niagara. Warmer weather than the week prior […]
68th Annual Beanpot Tournament Hockey teams from Harvard, Northeastern, Boston College, and Boston University compete at annual competition By GRAHAM WALTER and EMILY RYAN For sports fans growing up in Boston, nothing quite compares to the Annual Beanpot Tournament, a competition among four college hockey teams to which every Bostonian, in one way […]
Athletes’ Village Beginning in early January, the first students arrive back to campus, and they’re not always thesis writers By ELIZABETH GUMMER Many students filter in and out of campus during Wintersession in order to participate in a wide variety of programs hosted by the College. While most undergrads streamed back onto campus […]
Scoring Shots, Taking Shots: How Student Athletes Balance the Demands of their Sport and Social Lives By ELIZABETH GUMMER Juggling the identities of college student and varsity athlete can be challenging. On the one hand, your team and coach rely on you day in and day out to maintain and improve upon a […]
The Harvard-Yale Rivalry, Beyond Football Competition between Harvard and Yale pervades other athletic teams, including volleyball, softball, and hockey By ELIZABETH GUMMER Though the largest manifestation of the Harvard-Yale rivalry is seen in the annual meeting of the two school’s football teams, the original matchup was not on the field but rather on […]
The “Massive Student Tailgate”: Harvard Comes Together across the River by ELIZABETH GUMMER Attendance was remarkably high at the Harvard-Dartmouth football game this past Saturday, with the stands of historic Harvard Stadium filled with fans, families, and friends alike. A total of 20,112 people came out to the home game, the most (aside from […]